Suffolk schools come together to pray for victims of West Babylon crash

Authorities said a Lindenhurst man ran a red light and crashed into the car carrying five teens.

Cecilia Dowd and Thema Ponton

Sep 23, 2024, 9:34 PM

Updated 21 days ago

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Hundreds of students, teachers, faculty and community members from Suffolk's Catholic community came together to pray for the victims of Saturday's deadly crash in West Babylon.
They gathered in the auditorium of St. John the Baptist High School to pray for senior Bella Trezza.
The 17-year-old was critically injured in the crash.
Bella's passenger, Riley Goot,18, was killed.
Her brother Austin and friends Anthony Pagliuca and Jack Murphy were injured.
"We can't give up, we have to continue to hope and trust that God's will will prevail and that he brings healing to all of us right now." said Fr. Matthew Browne, the Bishop's Liaison to Catholic Education.
The teenagers all come from different schools, and members of those school communities came together at Monday night's prayer vigil to pray for all the victims and their loved ones.
"Our school community, St. Anthony's school community, our friends over in West Babylon, all of our communities are hurting, they're suffering." said Vincent Albrecht, principal of St. John the Baptist High School.